This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2008) () Alabama Song Song by Text by translated by Language, trans. From Composed 1927 ( 1927) The ' Alabama Song'—also known as ' Moon of Alabama', ' Moon over Alabama', and ' Whisky Bar'—is an version of a song written by and translated from German by his close collaborator in 1925 and set to music by for the 1927 play.
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It was reused for the 1930 opera and has been notably covered by and. • • Homocord (H3671) Bertolt Brecht, The 'Alabama Song' was written as a German poem and translated into for the author by his close collaborator in 1925 and published in Brecht's 1927 (: Hauspostille), a parody of 's collection of sermons.
It was set to music by for the 1927 play ( Mahagonny-Songspiel) and reused for Brecht and Weill's 1930 opera ( Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny), where it is sung by Jenny and her fellow in Act I. Although the majority of all three works is in, the 'Alabama Song' retained Hauptmann's English lyrics throughout. Brecht and Weill's version of the song was first performed by the actress and dancer, Weill's wife, in the role of Jessie at the 1927 Festival's performance of Little Mahagonny.